Over five years, 372 boats thought to be from North Korea have reached Japan, with 77 bodies
The number of cases in which wooden boats believed to be from North Korea were found either adrift off the Sea of Japan coast or washed up on Japanese shores totaled 372 over the five years from fiscal 2013, the government has said. A total ...
Video shows New Zealand dinghy, adrift with four aboard, in near miss with giant cruise liner
Dramatic video footage has emerged of a 122,000-ton cruise liner narrowly missing a tiny dinghy with four people on board. The inflatable, carrying two young men and two young women, had run out of fuel when it found itself in the path of the Celebrity ...
North Korean boats drifting off Japan likely to hit record high in 2018: coast guard
The number of wooden boats drifting off Japan or brought ashore is highly likely to hit an all-time high in 2018, according to the Japan Coast Guard. This year, 89 such boats, believed to be North Korean fishing boats, had been found off or on ...
Fisheries Agency plans to update patrol boat fleet in campaign against illegal fishing
Japan’s Fisheries Agency will upgrade its charter patrol boat fleet to bolster its campaign against illegal fishing by foreign boats.
Four dead, two missing after fishing boats capsize off Nagasaki
Four people were killed and two were missing after six fishing boats capsized early Tuesday off Nagasaki Prefecture as a low pressure system brought strong winds and heavy rain to the region, the Japan Coast Guard said. Five fishing boats capsized off Tsushima Island, throwing ...
Accidents involving miniboats, which require no license or qualification to operate in Japan, are on the rise. According to the 4th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, which covers Aichi and Mie prefectures, there were eight cases in 2014, up from two the year before and the ...
